The Man Who Never Was (1956)
- Directed by
- Ronald Neame
- Genre
- drama film, war film
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 94 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
British intelligence officers craft an elaborate deception to mislead the Axis about the next Allied invasion target in World War II. They create a false identity and plant fake documents on a corpse. The film follows the plan's careful execution and the risks of its discovery.
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What happens
The Man Who Never Was is a 1956 British espionage thriller film produced by André Hakim and directed by Ronald Neame. It stars Clifton Webb and Gloria Grahame and features Robert Flemyng, Josephine Griffin and Stephen Boyd. It is based on the book of the same name by Lt Cmdr Ewen Montagu and chronicles Operation Mincemeat, a 1943 British intelligence plan to deceive the Axis powers into thinking the Allied invasion of Sicily would take place elsewhere in the Mediterranean. The Man Who Never Was was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival, and Nigel Balchin's screenplay won the BAFTA for that year. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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